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... written concerning apparitions and spirits , and particularly his account of Dee and Kelly , deserves the notice of the curious reader , who may see a detail of his works in the " Athenæ Oxonienses . " He died in July , 1671 . Installed ...
... written concerning apparitions and spirits , and particularly his account of Dee and Kelly , deserves the notice of the curious reader , who may see a detail of his works in the " Athenæ Oxonienses . " He died in July , 1671 . Installed ...
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... written on the same side with Glanvill . The reader may see a collection of argu- ments and relations on the other side of the question , in Scot's " Discovery of Witchcraft , " and Webster's " Display of supposed Witchcraft . " June 16 ...
... written on the same side with Glanvill . The reader may see a collection of argu- ments and relations on the other side of the question , in Scot's " Discovery of Witchcraft , " and Webster's " Display of supposed Witchcraft . " June 16 ...
Side 38
... written to R. L. " This pamphlet , which was published without the author's name , made a great noise in the world , and was soon answered by several clergymen . The " Letter to R. L. " and the Dialogue betwixt " Philautus and Timothy ...
... written to R. L. " This pamphlet , which was published without the author's name , made a great noise in the world , and was soon answered by several clergymen . The " Letter to R. L. " and the Dialogue betwixt " Philautus and Timothy ...
Side 39
... written on every copy in the collection . See more of him at the end of " Thomas de Elmham , " published by Hearne , p . 356 , 427 , and in " Lelandi Collectanea , " by the same editor , Fol . vi . p . 80 ; also in Dr. Pococke's " Life ...
... written on every copy in the collection . See more of him at the end of " Thomas de Elmham , " published by Hearne , p . 356 , 427 , and in " Lelandi Collectanea , " by the same editor , Fol . vi . p . 80 ; also in Dr. Pococke's " Life ...
Side 40
... writing . He even continued to publish when he could no longer see to write ; and retained an amanuensis to the time of his death . He was much in favour with Archbishop Laud , and distinguished himself in the controversy be- tween that ...
... writing . He even continued to publish when he could no longer see to write ; and retained an amanuensis to the time of his death . He was much in favour with Archbishop Laud , and distinguished himself in the controversy be- tween that ...
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Side 80 - Knight of the most ancient and most noble Order of the Thistle, and...
Side 113 - I have, sir, neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak, in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am. And I humbly ask pardon, that I cannot give any other answer to what your majesty is pleased to demand of me.
Side 288 - Oxford, did about forty years ago find a dead rat in the physic garden, which he made to resemble the common picture of dragons, by altering its head and tail, and thrusting in taper sharp sticks, which distended the skin on each side, till it mimicked wings. He let it dry as hard as possible. The learned immediately pronounced it a dragon , and one of them sent an accurate description of it to Dr.
Side 342 - WORKS. --Musick's Monument ; or, a Remembrancer of the Best Practical Musick, both Divine and Civil, that has ever been known to have been in the World.
Side 126 - a man of great notions and eminent virtues ; the best speaker in the house of commons, and capable of bearing the chief ministry, as it was once thought he was very near it, and deserved it more than all the rest did.
Side 296 - THE TRUE ENGLISH INTEREST: or, An Account of the Chief National Improvements; in some Political Observations, Demonstrating an Infallible Advance of this Nation to Infinite Wealth and Greatness, Trade and Populacy, with Imployment, and Preferment of all Persons.
Side 151 - He had a piercing eye, and in characters of heroic life, a quick imperious vivacity in his tone of voice, that painted the tyrant truly terrible. There were two plays of Dryden in which he shone, with uncommon lustre; in Aurenge-Zebe, he played Morat, and in Don Sebastian, Muley Moloch ; in both these parts, he had a fierce lion-like majesty in his port and utterance, that gave the spectator a kind of trembling admiration.
Side 150 - Pity it is, that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution, cannot like those of poetry be their own record! That the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them; or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory, or imperfect attestation of a few surviving spectators.
Side 239 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended, and I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Side 166 - He bears the gallantries of his lady with the indifference of a Stoic, and thinks them well recompensed by a return of children to support his family, without the fatigues of being a father.